Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/učiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *auˀkīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁owk-éye-ti, from *h₁ewk-. Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian jaukìnti, jaukinù (to tame, to domesticate), Latvian jaûcêt (to accustom), Old Prussian iaukint (to exercise). Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit उच्यति (ucyati, to be accustomed to), Old Armenian ուսանիմ (usanim, to learn), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (biūhts, accustomed to).

Derksen has a complex discussion of the possible origin of the acute tone in Balto-Slavic, boiling down to a suggestion by Frederik Kortlandt that initial *u- yielded Balto-Slavic acute under certain conditions.

Verb edit

*učiti impf (perfective *vyknǫti)

  1. to teach

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References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*učìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 506
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “учить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzučiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 85
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*naučiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 191
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obučiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 238
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezukъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 48